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Alter a while a newspaper publishedin an adj wining town mentioned Fey’s loquaoity, and hinted that he was suspected of com- plicity in the crime. Foy thereupon took the cars for the place indicated, and with a revolver made a desperate assault on the editor, not injuring him fatally, however. It was eighteen miles overland from the scene‘of the aflray to Holcomb’s farm, but Fey went the entire distance on foot. As soon as he reached the house he lay down on the lounge, and a few moments after- wards was found dead, with a pistol lying on the floor by his side and a wound in his head, which physicians say he could hardly have done himselt. The coroner’s jury refused to declare it a case of suicide, though Holcomb insisted that it was. The death of Foy destroyed almoet the last hope of the detectives, and they have been able to find no satisfactory clue since. . It had been arranged to arrest Fcy and put him through a mock lynching for the purpose of forcing a confession from him. Soon after Foy was buried one of the detectives was riding on the highway just at dusk near the Crouch homestead, when some one fired upon him, inflicting an almost fatal wound. The detective is positive that his a ailant wasJud Crouch,but cannot swear t his identity. The theory worked up by the State seems a very enticing one to the detectives, but it has had very little direct evidence to substantiate it. According to this theory. the murders were committed by the heirs who were anxious to divide the old man’s fortune, and who were fearful that it they waited much longer his affec- tion for his youngest daughter and the babe which she was daily expecting would cause him to overlook them entirely. In supportlof this it has been shown that the Holcombe and other relatives were con- tinually in trouble with the old man, and most of the time in debt to him, and that the only thing stolen from the house on the night of the murder was a box containing evidences of these debts and other family notes and mortgages, which would have to be taken into account in a settlement of the estate. Besides this. it has been proved that the bullets used were of 38-calibre, and that both Holcomb and Foy had pur- chased weapons ot that kind a few months preceding the tragedy. One man had seen Holcomb shooting at a mark, and an )ther had sold Foy cartridges which the latter was particularly anxious should shoot strong. 00 the outside of a window on the parlor floor of the Crouch house was the print of a rubber boot, and other marks of a high heel led to an open field. into which they (were traced for some dis- tance in the direction of Holcomb’s farm. It was found that Jud Crouch had a pair of rubber boots corresponding with the tracks, and he is lame and wears one boot with a high heel. A servant girl in the employ of the Holcombs testified to finding some clothing belon ng to Foy with blood on it. On the other and. Holcomb has an alibi for himself and his men. His brother, who lives nearer the Crouch home stead than he does, swears that on the night of the murder he heard three pistol shots in rapid succession. The night was violently stormy and pitehy dark. He got up and made a light. and on retiring again noticed that it was 1 o’clock. Before Mrs. Holcomb died she said that her husband was up during the night and went out to the barn to fix» the door, as it was slamming. The servant girl also swears to the same thing relative to Fey and Jud. She slept in an adjoining room to the one occupied by them, and she says when the storm awoke her she sat up and looked out. Presently she heard Fey and The extraordinary fatality which seems to follow nearlypeverybudy connected with he Crouch murder case has often been remarked. The prosecuting attorney died the other defined now a witness has made an effort to kill himself which may prove successful. After the Crouch family, con- sisting of the old gentleman, his daughter, Mrs. White, and her husband, and the stranger who stopped with them, were found murdered in their beds, suspicion fell upon a son~in-iaw named Daniel Holcomb and a son named Jud Grouch, who lived close by. ‘ Mrs. Holcomb, old men Crouch's eldest daughter, was immediately prostrated by the tragedy and the hints that were thrOWn out of her husband's guilt, and one day she was found dead in bed. Many wild rumors were put in circulation as to the cause of her death, but a. coroner’s jury decided that it was the result of heart disease. Soon after this Holcomb’s hired man, named .Foy, began to talk a good deal about the murder, and appeared to have a gory minute knowledge of how the crime 'must have been committed. Certain cir- cumetances caused the detectives to believe that the murder was committed vby.Hol- comb, Jud Crouch and Foy for the purp )se of getting rid of the old mun, who was rich, ended; the same time disposing of Mr. and Mrs. White, to whom it was feared he intended to give all his money. When Foy began to talk he became an object of great interest to the detectives, and they laid many traps for him. Holcomb did not seem to pay much attention to him. {95' going down stairs, and in a few moments they returned. She was wonder- ing what time it was. when the clock struck 1‘ The next day she learned that they had been out to the barn to see what was the matter Thaw“ any'Holeomb heard the shdt’e at 1 o'clock, in is certain that his brother and Fay and Jud were not the ones who fired them, as the Oroueh place was more than a. nyle from their house. Various other circumstances are urged against Holcomb.. 'One of these is that the servant girl who worked for Crouch, and who was not murdered, but who heard all that was gomg on, and, half crazed with (right, hid herself until morning, was followed tor weeks with offers of employment, and in One case by a proposal of marriage. all presumably instiga'el by Holcomb, who wanted to get her out of the way of the detectives. Another is the mysterious transaction between Henry oloomb and a Well known crook in jail Ears, by which it is alleged Holcomb endeavored to secret some of Croucb’s papers in the prisoner‘s cell for the pur- pose pf fastening the crime on him. In the prosecutlon‘e theory. also. the death of Mrs. Holcomb and of Pay, and the mysterious assault upon Detective Brown, are all explained in the most terrible man- ner and receive the deepest significance. That the State has been unable to make its chain of evidence complete, and has been compelled in many cases to resort to mere assertion, surpriree no one. Daniel Holcomb has borne himself well during the trial, and has estoutly protested his inno- cence. He positively denies the purchase of the revolver, and swears that on the night of the murder he was not out of his yard. Strong as the suspicion is against him. he has much sympathy from those who believe he is only the victim of cir- cumstances, and his acqunttal is considered certain. The entire absence of a motive A31- anybody else to do the murders makes it improbable that the detectives . will con tinue work on the case if they cannot fasten the guilt on Holcomb and Jud Crouch. Taken all ‘in all, the tragedy is the moat absorbi ugly interesting of any that every occurred in the West, and Michi- gan, in particular. has been horrified by the shocking develog'nents and the resulting crimes. \ ¢ A wise man will neither speak nor do whuhcver Inger would provoke him to. The New York Sun publiabes bhe follow- ing in regard m the murder of the Crouch faggjly in Mlohigan so_me pime ago :7 Strange Fatalin Connected Tragedy. THE MllRDER OF A FAMILY. with the Grouch 'l‘he Victim at a Practical Joke Which Nearly Ends in His Dentin A Boston despetoh says: The Journal says the facts have just been made known of the terrible experience of a J spsnese student in September while on his way to Massachusetts to study textile machinery in the mills of the Saute. He came from Troy over the Eocene tunnel route. Several young men on the csrs made him believe he had been put on the train for Canada, and that he was to be-msde a slave in the Dominion. The Jep becsme desperate and jumped from the flying train near Concord Junctim. He lost consciousness on striking the grmnd, and remembers nothing until he regained his senses in a. hut in the woods, some tramps having found him and taken him to the den. They robbed him of his gold watch, money and jewellery, and beat him until they supposed him deed. They then threw the body into a thicket. How long he lay there he does not know. When he regained his senses he drugged himself out and succeeded in reaching the house of a. farmer, where he was cared for. ..He has not yet‘ entirely recovered from his injuries. Rolled In Ihe Snow by Nelahbors Tlll His Hands and Feet are Frozen. Alaet (Thursday) night‘s_ Buffalo des- patch says : Prentiss Ross, of Edinburgh, Pa., is 80 years old. and has been five times married, three times to one woman, and and all his wives are living. He married his first wife fifty years ago, and lived with her until 1870, when she obtained a divorce tor cruelty. He then married a young woman. who was divorced from him two years later for the same reason. He induced her to marry him again two years later. She again got a divorce from the same cause. A year afterwards he paid her $1,000 to marry him again. In 1880 he became jealous of her and " got a divorce himself. In 1881 he married another young woman. Lately she com- plained to the neighbors that Ross was starving her. She-demanded better treat- ment, and Ross drove her from the house with a buncher knife. Yesterday, early in the morning, tour disguised men called Rees to his door in his night-clothes, took him out, and rolled him in the snow for an hour. His hands and test are so frozen that amputation is necessary, and he may not recover. N o arrests have been made, ‘ though it is said the four men are known. A last (Wednesday) night's Livingstone, Ky., desp'atch says: There has been trouble in this county recently between whiskey dealers and omcials. Tc-night Deputy-Sherifl White went toarrest Jnmes and Henry Burton. brothers, charged with aiding Gafi. said to be engaged in illegal whiskey traffic, to escape from officers who had him under arrest last night. The Burtone barricaded their saloon. and with friends on the inside defied the arresting oflieers. A posse of fifteen men summoned them, and the Burtons surrendered. While on the way tojailJames Burton tried to escape and was killed by the posse. Barton’s friends, _ten in number. then attacked the poses. and firing became general and continued for two hours. Particulars of the effray are meagre. Several men are reported killed and wounded. among them Judge Bullock, wounded in the arm. The death is announced of Mr. Gauld Adams, J. P., Limerick, who was agent of Lord Dmoughmure. JJhn Lynn died last week at: his resi- dence, Bellgrovp, Palmerstown, county Dublin, aged 101 years. On December 123h were consigned to the grave in Castleragan churchyard the remains of Mr. James Reilly, of Lismeen. parish of Lin-gen, who had passed his 115th year. Dynamimrd- fluid to be Discovered by English Detecllves in Pennsylvania. A last (Wednesday) night’s Greensburg, Weetmoreland 00., Pa., despatch says : A rumor is current here to-night that English detectives have obtained evidence that a powerful secret society of dynamiters exists within the boundaries of this county, and that the society is directly responsible for the recent explosions and assassinations in England. Detectives have been on the track of the society for several months, and found it well and thoroughly organized, somewhat on the plan of the Mollie Maguires. Some of the recent explosions have been traced directly to this county, as well as a number of assassinations com- mitted in England. The headquarters of the brotherhood is suggested to be at Irwin, a small mining town west of this place. Resident Irishman have been shadowed to England and return by detectives. It is ascertained that alarge number of tickets have been purchased to and from Europe during the past year at Irwin. It is said these secret spies have mingled with the suspects for a year, and become. so to speak, of their number. Agents have de- parted with the evidence for Washington, ‘ where they will lay the facts before Eng- lish authority. It is claimed that evidence in possession of the detectives will show beyond a doubt that citizens of this county l have been and are now engaged in sending to England trusted men with large quanti- ties of dynamite, and men who have nerve to use it alter it is there. Several Irish- Americans were seen to-night, who booted at the idea. They say such a thing would be impossible here. The body of the late wife of Co). Hellier, ex InspectorvGenerul of Police, Lismore, county Waterford, was on December 22nd dragged from the family vault and thrown into a. river some dmmnee off. Rev. Wm. Magill, 13.1) , hai’ presented to the trustees of the Presbyterian Aeaebly College at Belfast a. cheque ior £400 for the purpose of founding a. bursary tor the culture and production of pulpit eloquence. OJ the 26‘h ultl, at Londonderry, Rev. Proteeeof'G ven, 0t Magee College, in that city. was choked by a piece of meat at luncheon. As soon as the occurrence was observed, his wife rushed tel-Ward and extricated the meat, but notwithstandmg this he died immediately afterwards. It is believed that during the accident the action 0. the heart had been interfered with. A medical gentleman was at once in attendance, but all was of no avail. Dr. GiVen was Professbr of Oriental Literature andfiHermeueutics. He was an accom- .plished linguist and an acknowledged scholar. r , l s, ' Ch nrncleri ills Kentucky Bow. VOL. XXVII. A lVlUCll MARRIED MAN THE YORK HERALD. JAPANESE STUDENT WHISKEY WAB. Latest from Ireland. ANOTHER CLUE. Mr. Fraser Mackintosh has announced his intention not again to contest the repre- sentation of the Invernese District of Boroughs, but at the general election to come forward as a. candidate for the county. There are therefore new four candidates in the field for Inverneee-ehire. Mr. Armistead. M. P., in addition to treating the inmates of Dundee Poorhouse on New Year’s Day, was to give a supply of provisions to who 650 outdoor poor. A land farmixfig company has been formed to farm a thousand acres on the Haulker- stou estates of the Earl of Kintore. In is proposed m divide half the profile above 4 per cent. among the chief employees. Mr. Robert Simpson died suddenly on the 16 .h ult. at Oohairdy. He was 84 years of age and was an estimable county gentle- man. who for many years took a prominent part in the administration of local affairs. A woman named Christine Smith, aged. 27 years. wife of a laborer in Musselburgh. out the throat of her infant daughter, and Afterwards out her own throat, on Thursday nlght week. They were found dead on the kitchen fl.or by the husband. It is stated that the poor women had been in ill-health forsome time. ' The special correspondent of the London Daily News with the Nile expedition says that the lot of the newspaper correspond- ents in this expedition has been rather harder than that of the soldiers. A com- manding officer may select a spot forcamp- ing on where his men are not likely to be afiected by troublesome neighbors or noisome odors. We, less fortunate, have to make the best of such accommodation as the natives choose to provide for us. The best house we can hire for money is bad enough ; and we can only make one stipu- lationâ€"that is, when we come in they go out and trouble us no more until the‘ term of tenancy expires. What they may chance to leave behind them we cannot guard ourselves against. No doubt it is pleasant enough to feel the breath of heaven playing freely about your temples through open windows, and to see the stars. shining through holes in a roof of palm branches overlaid with mud; but when every gust stirs clouds of dust from the floor, bats come in as freely as the breeze, and scorpions find refuge in crannies innumerable, one begins to feel that the pleasure has some alloy. Every morning, long before daybreak, too, cne’s slumbers are disturbed by the weird discord of bugles and drums sounding the reveille for native troops. 0n the whole, our but would make very tolerable 1 stabling for an impoverished farm of fifty acres. Its only recommendation is its peaceful seclusion and privacy. Except by the bats and some bright little red finches â€"oalled by some people Java sparrowsâ€" that come to breakfast With us and twitter pleasantly all the while. we get no native visitor from without. Within our enclosure ‘ we live with our camels and horses, like a happy Irish family with its pigs. wonssmr's men. Wolseley is 52, and some of his critics take satisfaction in the reflection that the Duke of Marlborough, who wss 52 at Rami- lias, and Count von Moltke, who was 66 at Sadowa and .70 at Sedan, are the only generals who have become famous after 50 But the foundation of Wolselcy's reputation was laid in the very first year of his service, when, a youth of 20, he fought with fury and was nearly killed in the conflict with the Sepoys in India. When Lord Beaconsfield said to him in 1879, as the clock was striking two, " I want you to take command at the Cape ; when can you start 7” he replied: “ I Will go by the 4.15 I train.” And he did. No fear need be felt that half a dozen years have exhausted the vigor of the dashing commander, and the march across the desert to Berber on the Nile will probably be accomplished if the achievement is humanly poesible.â€"N. Y. Mail and Express. In Bo’ness Parish Church on the 14th ult. a. tipsy man cried to the minister to “Speak out,” afterwards. “ If you diuna. speak ooh, I‘lL ‘gang awa hams," and soon left saying, “ I'm awn uoo, than." The death has occurred of Maj )1' John- stone, of Hallentha and Broadholm, cousin oer.Robetha.1-dine, M.P. He was long master or the Dumfries Hunt, and well- known on the tar! as a. successful breeder of horse. Ann Rhind Haggis, Cupsr.has got decree for £250 damages for breach of promise egaiusu John G. Simpson. draper’e assis- tant, Dundee. Simpson has abaoonded. In the Inverness Police Court on the 15th ult. the Superintendent of Police apolo- gized for having called the Assessor a list at a previous diet. The word. he thought. " was not proper for him or tortha court." Sir Thomas Gladstone, of Fasque, the eldest brother of the Prime Minister, has no fewer than thirteen farms on his hands, extending to over 8,000 acres of arable land, and two more will be vacant at the next “ term." Sir Thomas Gladstone owns 45,000 acres in Kinoardineahire. The general station at Perth, so well known to all travellers in Seotlsndflsuo be enlarged and improved at; a cost of £120,000. Perth is already one of the largest stations in the country. A suite of apartments for Royal travellers into he provided. including dining, dre ,ingmnd bath rooms. 3 01 course it is known to all that the old theory according to which the sun’s heat is due to combustion (“ doubt that the sun is fire,” said Shukepeere, as if the doubt were the quintessence of absurdity) has long since been rejected as futile. A mass of the beat combustible materiel, equal to the sun in quantity, would be burned out at his actual rate of emissionâ€"it it could burn right out â€"in about 5,000 years. In like manner, the idea. of the sun as an intensely hot body sim .rly rs ‘oting its best i -to space, as a. piece of Whiteâ€"bet iron does, without an y process of combustion, has had to be rejected. Even if the sun were (formed of matter possessing the high specific heat of water whirh has the remarkable p'operty ofgiving out more heat in cooling than any other nature] substance known (and only one or two artificial sub- stances surpeee it in: this reapec'), even then the sun's emission of heat at his pre. sent rate would not cower more then about 5,000 wereâ€"Prof. Richard Proctor More suicides occur in Sin Francisco in proportion to its populahion. says the Alta California, than in any other city on the comment. The number ofauicides inthat city in bhe year ending wi»h June lam was over two and a hall t me! in many .8 occurred in New York in 1880. Some of the Disaarernhleu They Ilavc to End-are. co RBESPONDEN ’1‘! IN EGYPT. The Burning 0m 0! the Run. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1885. Lawson-om Seoul and. “ I just had a rich time until that boy of mine was three weeks old. Then the nurse left and my wife said I could just as well help her as not, and I was only too tickled to be able to do something to make myself useful. We had no crib for the youngster then. and he slept with us, between his mother and me. I was cautioned not to roll on him in the night, and I tried hard to keep still, but I hadn’t been asleep more’n a minute when my wife dug me in the ribs and yelled, ‘Get up! you're lying on Adolphus.’ I got up, moved over into my place and tried to sleep, but Igot on baby again. and finally wrapped myself in a blanket and spent the rest of the night on the floor. The next day I got a crib. Then my real trouole began. The boy would be fed and put into the crib, and I'd turn in. My pleasant dreams would flee as the plaintive yell of that youth cut the air and struck me with the energy of a steam hammer. Aided by a gentle push from my better half, I’d climb out, pick up the boy. and, clad in the clinging folds of a night shirt and pair of slippers, I'd sit me down to woo the gentle god of slumber on my son’s account. This attempt at wooing the gentle god is the direct cause of the ruin you see before you. Just the minute I picked the baby up from his bunk he’d stop yelling and look at me in wide-eyed surprise and seemed to say, ‘ Where in thunder did you drop from ‘I' Then as I sat down and tried to get him comfortably balanced on one of my knees, he‘d begin clawing the air and grunting oontentedly. About this time I set my foit in motion, trotl trotl and accompanied 'it with a seductive ‘ shâ€"hâ€"hâ€"h, thâ€" ereâ€"aâ€"’ that I hoped would soon lull him to.sleep. But nary lull. He’d look at me, smileâ€"â€" his grandmother says it’s colic that makes him smileâ€"and then take in the furniture piece by- piece » and stare stupidly at the dimly-burning gasjet. He was perfectly cool about all this. Nothing was done in haste. picture, chair, ornament? would receive a minute inspection from those wide open blue eyes, and your humble servant kept digging away at the trotl trot l and ‘shâ€"hâ€"h’ scheme all the while. Sud- denly there would be a slow closing of the little white lids and the blue' eyes were hidden. Ahal Now he was going to sleep. At last! And I'd work the trotl trotl with renewed vigor. Then he’d sigh a tired, little sigh, and when I was sure he was fast asleep I'd start to lay him back in his crib. But just as I would lean over to lay him down he’d open his eyes, cao happily and seem to say : ‘ Oh, I'm not ESfetp ; I was just haying some fun With you.‘ and there was nothing to do but to take him back to the chair and begin the whole busi- ness over again. Another three-quarters of an hour would drag wearily by and a second time the baby's cyst, wuuldvplnbe and sleep appear to have some at last. How care- fully I sneak over the crib and gently lay him on his little quilt. How tenderly I’d tuck him in and wish that he'd sleep for a week or more to give me a chance to catch up on what I‘d lost. He doesn‘t move, and I lip-toe to the bed that had known so little of me for some time. I sneak in under the covers, stretch myself, think there never was anything quite so comfortable as that bed, and close my eyes to a refreshing nap, when there comes from the crib a suspicious grunt, fol- lowed by a string of spasmodic coughs, and an unmistakable yell. Painfully I climb out of the restful bed, snatch that infant from its downy couch, and quiet him with the same old trotl trotl trotl while the chill night breezes fliat through the open Window, and play peek-a-boo with my modest knees under the flapping flap of my night-shirt. This has been my nightly pro- gramme for about two weeks, and you see the result before you. I haven’t slept twenty consecutive minutes in twenty consecutive days. You said something about havmg comfort with that boy. I fondly hoped I‘d get it. I’m still hoping." And the gloomy look again stole over the face of the happy father. His eyes gazed vacantly into space as he mechanically made his way to the door. and with a shuffling, uncertain step, he tattered away.â€"Chicago Tribune. Each' The new English church at Birtle has been oomplefied. The cost was abouc 352.300.3110! which is paid except about $300. It is confidently expected that the Maui- toba. South western Railway will be extended next summer. The contractors are now busily engaged in figuring. The eaneive flour vund grist mille at D iminion City. belonging to MoKeroher & Weddell, were burned this morning. The mill and stock are valued at $15 000 ; insurance 36,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. It is at 1.th that all oflieials connected with the administration of public affairs in the Northwest Territories, except “Liana.- Governor dedney, have asked the Govern ment to make Qa‘Appelle or Calgary the capital of the Territories instead of Regina. â€"A last (Friday) night‘s Winnipeg des- petoh says: Dan, Wimen & Oo.’s agency reports ninety-one failures in Manitoba and the Northwest in 1884, against 242 in the previous year. and 9. number of the 1884'feilures should be attributed to the previous year. The estimated liabilities in 1883 were $2,147,000, against $786 000 in 1884, while the estimated as~ets were 51.079 000 in 1883. against $509 000 last year. The amount of capital invested by mercantile men here is $12,000,000, besides three millionsot stock unpaid for. Two thousand nine hundred firms are doing business in Msnitobe. and the Northwest territories. The agency speaks hopefully of the future. '5 John’s Idea 0! Heaven. Scene : A country road in the north of Scotland ; the Perish minister meeting a term servant, who is a member of his flock. Parish Minister: “ Well, John, and how are things doing with you ‘2 I hope you are keeping well.” Farm servant : " Ooh, air, We deev’lish hard work I hate to due ; nae rent tree morn tee nioht ; work and work ; end no 3. minutes peace for me." Perish minister : “ Well, John. we must all do, our share in the work of this world. Re- member it ie only the preparation for a. better world. where there will be no more work to be done” Farm servant : “ Weel. air. that may be for the likes 0’ you, but I'm no see sure that there will be neething for me to due in th’ other world It will be the same thing there. and I'll be told, ‘ John. clean the sun ;’. ' J Dbl], hang out the moon ; ’ ‘ John, light the store ; ’ and so on. I’ve nee doubt they’ll find always some- thing for me to do, unlucky deevll that 1 Experiences "III are Duplicated in filmy I Household. Having settled themselves at atnble in Tom’s back room. the young man pro- oeeded: Manitoba and the Northwest. A FATHER’S FOLLIEQ. The practice of top-dressing the ground about young trees, both for the protection from cold and for enriching the land, by washing, which was formerly so rare, has now, says The Country Gentleman, become widely adopted by cultivators. But'the fault still prevails of applying too small a , circle of manure. Writers often recommend extending the top-dressed circle as far out as the spread of the branches, but this is not half enough. The many examinations we have made show that the=roots .always ex- tend from each side of the trunk or stem to a distance at least equal to the height of the tree, forming a circle of roots, the diameter' of which is twice as great as the height of the tree. We have on a former occasion alluded to this subject; but to show. the insufiiciency of the common practice, we have measured a number of tr‘eeh with the spread of their tops, With the following results: A young peach tree, seven feet high, had ahead four feet in diameter, or with branches extend- ingrtwo feet away from the centre stem. The common rule would direct that a circle‘ of manure be applied four feet in diameter, while the real extent of the roots reach a circle twice the height, or fourteen feet, the area of which is, as figures show, at least twelve times as great as the four feet circle. An older peach tree was twelve feet high With a seven feet head. The roots occupy a circle twenty-four feet in diameter, which is eleven times as great as the seven feet circle of the branches. An erect cherry tree was fifteen feet high with a head nine feet in diameter, in which the area of the roots was eleven times as great as the area 1 indicated by the spread of the branches. Top dressing, therefore, to be of much use, must extend over a broad surface. Oiling and Care of Harness. A correspondent of The 001th Gentleman furnishes the following practical sugges- tions : " Our farmers are prudent in buy- ing harness, demanding the best leather, the best work, etc , but they put the har- ness in use and allow it to be exposed to all kinds of weather, Without further cars, and in a very few years it is ripped, dried and cracked, and almost worthless. Then the harness-maker has to- take all the blame. The careful farmer will have a good place to hang his harness where it may hang up straight and away from the gas of the manure. One man will oil his harness only in hot weather with some cheap fish-oil ; then hang it in the sun to dry. When done, it is no better than before. “ I have owned a tan-yard, harness shop and shoe shop, and claim to under- stand the principles of making and pressing leather. Now, to oil har- ness properly, in early spring, before spring work begins, take it into a damp cellar, or s ome damp, cool room; take it apart, soak well in a tub of Warm water. and With a coarse rag and old knife rasp off all gum and dirt. As soon as the outside is dried it little, put on with a rag or brush as much oil as will stick to it, and place all in a heap on a board to dry; if one coat is not enough, go over it again till filled with eil; then when all dried in, take Warm water and castile soap and rag, wash well and put together. Castor oil is best of all ; good neatsfoot oil is very good, in which use enough lamp black to color well. -Alter being exposed to a soaking rain, the har- ness should be rubbed over with a rag and good oil while wet. Never expose leather to a hot sun or drying winds till after oil- ing, or the oil will do harm rather than- good. Harness, well treated in this way, will be soft, pliable, less liable to chafe or rub off the hair of the horse, and last some years longer than if negle ated.” For Humanity and for Profit. Even in the stables in cities where the buildings are usually tight and warm, cattle suffer from cold very greatly, since they are tied in their stalls and are with- out exercise. This causes a shrinkage in the milk yield, and results in a very direct and perceptible loss to the owner. This latter consideration with some people Will weigh more than anything we can say here about the suffering of the animals. A far larger number, however, will want simply a suggestion as to the means of increasing the comfort of their animals easily. This can be done by having ready to feed in the morning, and again at night, a liberal mess of warm food. Such feed can be provided by very simple means, such has been described in a contemporary, by L. N. Bohham. The devise used by Mr. Bonharn consists of a kerosene barrel placed inside a box, the space between box and barrel being filled with chopped straw or With sawdust. In this barrel hot, cooked food covered with an old blanket, piece of matting or of carpet, with a tight cover, and over all the lid of the box shut down, will keep warm for many hours. Agood plan would be to use a straw cutter With which to chop the hay, straw or cornstalks fed, and with that mix chopped roots, if roots are fed. Then place in the barrel, with meal, bran or other ground stuff sprinkled in the mess from time to time. Over the whole, pour scalding water, cover the barrel tightly. and steam for ten or twelve hours. Due allowance is to be made for the swelling of the chopped fodder. Aiiberal mess of this, given to acow the fizst thing in the morning, will restore the heat lost during the cold hours of the night, and keep her warm for nearly a'whole day. Another ration at night will do much to increase the fiiwmf milk and prevent any suffering from cold. Grain for Horses. The following is the comparative value from a scientific standpoint of corn and oats as food for horses, and farmers and ,horsemen may be benefltted by a careful perusal of it, and comparing it with their own experience in the matter. The former is deficient in many of the elements of nutriiion so necessary for recuperating the constant wear and tear of a living animal. On this account horses which are exclus- ively fed on corn and bay (1) not receive that kind of nourishment which seems necessary for the due support and maintei“ nance of the animal fabric ; hence we must not be surprised that corn fed horses show every evidence of being languid. by sweat- ing profusely when being worked, lack of vitality, etc. Oats, on the other hand, con- tain more of the essentiai elements of nutri- tion than any other article of food which can be fed with impunity to horses. Oats are not only the most natural food for horses, but are decidedly the most nutrl- MD A VARIETY OF SEASONABLE GOSSIP. The Treatment of Stock in Very Cold Weather, FARM AND GARDEN. (Compiled by a. Practical Agriculturilt.) Top-Dressing in Winter. WHOLE NO 1,384 N0. 33.’ No class of facts or occurrences ) insignificant for the notice of the ill! I etatistician. A carefully compiled table‘il I just been issued by one of the Parisia 1 municipal departments. giving the number of dead bodies of animals of every sort found in the Seine, in e neighborhood of the metropolis, during e summer of 1884 The list includes 3,929 dogs, 349 cats, 1,916 rats, 191 (owls, 130 rabbits. 8 geese, 3 turkeys, 2 sheep, 1 goat, 1 pig and 1 calf. More remarkable items are two wild boars and an ape, but the oddest “ lot " of all 15 8 fish. - The only kind of soil which is elm )st hopeless for good farming is one in which the sub-soil is is quicksand. In leeches sway the manure as rapidly as it is applied. It is difficult to under-drain such land, for the tile or stone sink down and speedily choke the passage. In draining we often come to streaks of quicksand varying from a few inches to several feet in width. It the sand is short enough for a tile to reach across, resting both ends on solid ground, then in such places sole tile should always be used. We have used hemlock boards under the tile to bridge 9. quicksand of several feet. and the drain hes don good service more'than twenty years and yet in good condition. ' There will be some important sales of pedigree cattle In England in the spring. Lord Southesk has resolved to sell his large herd of Aberdeen Angus polled cattle at Kinnaird Castle, which is about the finest collection in Scotland ; and Sir Henry Allsopp’e splendid herd of Bates Short- horns, at Hindlip Hall. Worcestershire, is to be dispersed. It is exceedingly probable that the best lots in both herds will cross the Atlantic. The oldest tenant farmer in Scotland (died a couple of weeks since. He was Mr. William Knox, of Whitelaw, near Hawiok. He was in his 9lst year, and had all his life occupied the farm on which he died, which is on the estate of the Duke of Buoeleuch, and has been rented by the Knox family for more than 200 years. He rarely quitted the parish, except to go to market, and was only once out of the county. when he was summoned 15) London to give evidence in connection With an elec- tion riot. Joseph Harris, in his treatise on the pig, quotes the experience of Lewes and Gilbert, who found that 104 pounds of Indian corn- meal and bran produced 100 pounds of pork, live weight, but the particular kind of management given is not stated. Success depends on the observance of several par- ticulars, and afimg others on a favorable temperature, Prof. Sanborn’s experiments showing that exposure to cold reduced the gain from feeding to less than one-half the amount obtained under the comfort of shelter. Cleanliness, regularity in feeding. and other requisites are important. According to English papers, the sheep industry in Australia has brought out a variety of the sheep dog remarkabb tor sagacity, but differing in many other particulars from those of other countries. It is related at them that they will hunt for ctragglers miles away from the but, and either drive them in or watch them, it they happen to be exhausted. until they gather suflicient strength to walk. It isa common thing in traversing the grazing country to come upon one of the sagacious dogs on guard over a strayed or broken- down sheep, and while placable and gentle to a remarkable degree, as a rule, are then resentful of interference with their charge, and fierce in the extreme. We are never ruined by what we warm but by what w. think we want. A sale of 218 sheep, which took place recently nee-r Cardiff, England, resulted in throwing some great bargains into the market. Two Cotswold tame, for which the owner, Mr. G. W. G. Thomas. had paid $385 and 3310. respectively, were sold for $70 and $60. Ewe lambs went for $12 50 t) 915, while wether lembs brought $9 to $10 Cross-bred Cotswold and Down sheep fetched a. trifle less. The prices throughout this sale ruled low on all live stock. onthle dropfed in the wit; which will be apparent i the ice is melted and the water boiled. It used to be thought that the freezing of water cleaned it of all impurities ; this is not entirely true. When ice is made lrom water too heavily charged with impurities some or these will be frozen in. The water from dirty ponds where cows have stood during summer is not fit for making ice. Though it may be clear to look at, there will be ecme odors from the excrement of stable cattle will often sufler from thirst in cold weather rather than go through the cold blasts to get it. The extreme cold of the water chills them so that they will not drink as much as they should. The best way to water cows is from c. cistern hold- lng rain water that falls on a barn. In a basement the cistern can easily be pro- tected from freezin . I! made outside the burn the cistern s ould be deep in the ground and banked with earth. In this case the water must be pumped out. In a basement, cistern water may be drawn with; a faucet, and just enough :left running to supply the demands of the stock. The best land for farm purposes has an eastern or southeastern exposure. It is protected from the worst winds which sweep the surface from tall till spring. and thus for ages has received a greater pro. portion of the forest leaves whose decay adds to its depth and fertility. Wheat on eastern side hills in less likely to be winter- killed, as the protecting covering of snow is not blown ofl‘. It is very difficult to grind corn finely until it is thoroughly dried, especially if it is ground in the ear, as is the practice with many good farmers. We have found that grinding of dry oats or barley onethird to one-quarter the bulk of cars will make the whole much finer feed and lessen the injury to stock from the coarse particles of corn cob in the feed. The average price of miloh cows in Indiana. in $35. in Illinois $35, in Ohio 1536 50, in New J ereey $39 33, in New York 886 33, in California. 1538, and in Colorado $40.60. The average for the United Sbetee 15331.37 per head. There are 13,501,206 milch cows in all the Ssetee. ,_V_ a ........ w} I... C. Parks from his apiary near Riverside. 001. The yield for the season from thirty- ahree hives was seven and a quarter tons, an average of 414 pounds to the hive. Other Agricultural Hotel. One of the most remarkable yields of honey ever heard of was recently generated by _H. ['1 D.._|._ 1--.. Ls, - tious. They are the cheapest because there is no risk in feeding them, and experience has taught that horses properly fed on oats and timothy hay canhwith regular exercise. good grooming and proper sanitary regula- tions, be brought to the highest state of physical culture, and can perform more work With less evidence of fatigue than when fed on any other article of food. When the ngergng plaqg is far from the M a man feels as if he was moving in cold water ; this feeling is produced by the slight disturbance of the air by the body passing through the atmosphere. A stream of vapor proceeds from the mouth at every breath ; it is astonishing how much breath a man has on a cold morning; it might be thought that every tro ' g pedestrian had burst his boiler. In e morning, fifty below zero and time to rise; the blankets are covered, outside, with hoar frost from the breath of the sleeper. A plunge is made into the cold air, which has the effect of causing a person to get into his clothes without any unnecessary delay, and he must be a good-natured man who retains his serenity at sucha time, when he finds that, after he had gone to bed. his wife removed his trouserstore- place abutton and forgot to return them. The fire is to kindle. but the iron om no more be touched by the bare hand than if it was red-hot; an old exchange, a few dry splinters of wood. plenty of dry poplar and a strong fire is blazing fiercely, but the air seems colder than before; presently the heat of the stove is felt, and by the time it is red-hot the room is warm. What shall we have for breakfast? The water-pails have solid ice to the bottom, the bread might be fired out of a cannon without losing a crumb, the roast beef feels like a solid bone; when struck with a sharp axe fat pork flies all over the house in chips. These inconven- iences are soon overcome, the bread is plse d in the oven of the stove With the beef beside it, the chips of pork are gathered up and put in the pan, a pail is taken to the spring and filled, there is no we there, the limpid water feels warm. The man on the haystack, who is feeding his cattleyplaces his hand on his nose and says, “fifty below zero,” it is suddenly remembered that our nose has been for- gotten, bnt it is all right. In a few minutes a very good breakfast is served. By this time the town is astir, each is readyto attend to the duties of the day. It must be remembered that such cold times are exceptional and in houses providedwith good cellars. but little inconvenience is exper- ienced, nor is the cold much felt by those outside who are well wrapped up. There was a goodly number of visitors in the patent-office museum when a reporter of the Republican strolled in there yester-_ day afternoon.. Ordinarily the difliculty of access restricts the visitors’ list. the pro-, grass of the remodelling of the south wing rendering the stairway useless, the elevator being the sole means of reaching the upper floors. Holiday leisure, with Congress in recess, gave the curiosities of the model museum additional attractions yesterday, and the increased crowd present was the result. The particular class of patents that drew the largest crowd struck the reporter as worthy of observation. One case at the end of the hall seemed to have the bulk of the crowd grouped about it, examining the contents. Walking toward the spot a collection of artificial limbs was first seen. There were legs that could he kicked with,.walked with, sat down with, and would even permit participation in the giddy waltz. Arms With hands, the fingers E of which were as mobile and prehensile as those a man is born with, and but for the constantly gloved condition could scarcely be distinguished from the work of nature herself, laid around the shelves in careless profusion. But these were not what had caused the gathering. In the other end of the case was acollection of coffins. Every variety of burial case that could be ima- gined or contrived by the living for the comfort of the dead was represented. And this was the magnet that drew these festive holiday people. One invention seemed to have superior power to interest the crowd. It was an elaborate contrivance for obviat- ing the possibilities of the permanent entombment of the quick with the dead. Its inventor is said to have died and been buried in the usual way while his application for a patent was pend- ing. A rectangular metal shaft ex- tended from the head of the coffin, which was to be of a size to permit the reviving cadaver to move around in its shroud. Two of heavy glass close the respective plates ends of the shaft. The lower is so arranged as to drop out on the slightest movement within the casket. A bell at the upper end, which is supposed to project above the ground and form a sort of ready-made headstone, is sprung by the aforesaid movement of the supposed dead person, and keeps on ringing for a space of time supposed to be sufiioient to arouse the keeper of the city of the dead. This is a provision for such a condition of feebleness on the part of the recent corpse as to pre- vent its using the ladder that is available if the restoration is complete enough to leave an able-bodied man or woman as the result. The top plate is immovable from the outsidel but falls before the approach of the party returning from the grave to the world. No provision is made for a change of clothing, and a walk home will have to be taken in the burial shroud should the alarm hell not have summoned acrowd to receive the visitor. There were cylindrical caskets, square and lozenge- siiaped caskets, arched tops, dome tops, trunk-lid tops, folding-door tops, and every other conceivable shape of coffin-cover was there. every material from pins to porce- lain, including all the commoner metals. asphalt, terra-cctta. cement, stone, paper and oak bark. Ventilated coffins, hermeti- » cally-eealed caskets and antiseptic burial- » cases are shown. All found advocates in that holiday crowd. One newly-made bride made her very fresh-looking groom solemnly promise to have her buried in that patent_ , corpse-reviving contrivanoe, or she would go right back to her ma. The promise was given. An old man with sharp features and an unmistakable air of country store about him wanted to find a model of the brass coffins that they bury Presidents and Congressmen and the other great people of the earth in, and that cost $1,000. But that style was not represented in the collection. When the time for closing the building came the satis- fied crowd of holiday visitors tore them-‘ selves away from the coflins with reluct- ance, and, presumably sought some other cheerful way of spending the rest of their leisure.â€"Washington Republican. flaw Winter Weather ls Enjoyed 900 Miles Northwest 01 Winnipeg. [Birtle (Mam) Observer.] For mcre than a week the mercury has been unusually low. ranging from thirty- five to forty-five below zero, or about that. Things go on much the same as before, teams are or. the road and on the streets, men are cutting firewood or are otherwise employed. There is some difference in the appearance of animals which are exposed to the air, horses and oxen are almost white ; the moisture from their breathing gathers around their bodies as they advance. and is at once converted into host frost. Men have a strong desire to practise quick motions. and seldom stand still when outside. The air is perfectly calm, the sun shining brightly, although very far to the south. Smoke from the chimneys dis- appears in ‘a moment. When walking Money in your purse will credit you; wisdom in your head will adorn you, and both in your necessity will serve you. Ahog was recently killed at Blooming Grove. Sullivan county, New York, and when dressed a. thick wire fourteen inches long was found in the lights and pressed egainet the heart. Though twisted end coiled in diflerenh aha-pea and forced into the Vitals, the hog was app‘uencly as healthy as ever. flow I [nan Hus Provided Again-l Being Bun-ltd Alive. FIF I‘Y BELOW ZERO. CURIOUS COFFINB.